Obama tightens grip on podium speeches

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:51 PM EDT

Article Source: thehill.com

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Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is tightening the reins on campaign speeches and stressing that speakers emphasize a rags-to-riches theme.

Members of Congress and others who have been asked to address the convention must have their speeches approved by the Obama campaign. In many cases, the speeches are drastically changed — to the point where the original speech is completely scrapped, Democratic sources say.

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Yet not every speech has been completely overhauled. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), who was asked by Obama to speak about the economy, was scheduled to deliver his speech Tuesday afternoon. The Obama campaign struck just one line from his speech, which slammed the Republicans and the Bush administration, according to a Democratic source.

That line, addressing Republicans, read: "They're asking for another four years — in a just world, they'd get 10 to 20."

Democratic strategist James Carville believes the Obama campaign is pulling its punches.

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